ce magazine november issue 2020

picture of the thing you want and the app figures out what itis. On the Blackberry, there‟s
Amazon Mobile, which will add the item to your Amazon wishlist (or you can order it
immediately once the picture is identified, which takes about 10-15 minutes – this isn‟t
on the spot shopping!), which is also available for the iPhone. iPhonies have another
choice, though ,that‟s arguably better: SnapTell(also available for Android phones).
SnapTell reportedly works faster and searches more sites than just Amazon.
8. Speed Trap Finder: Trapster collects data from thousands of users to warn you of
impending speed traps, red-light cameras, and checkpoints to let you know what‟s
coming up. To make sure the reports are accurate, Trapster gives more weight to reports
confirmed by multiple users, and you can set the level of reliability you want to respond
to. Trapster runs on most phones except Treos (and Android, it appears).
9. Weather: There are a million of these, take your pick. Try to find one that lets you track
weather in several locations, and add your destination for each day. I use WeatherEye (to
save memory, I only install WorldMate – see below – when I‟m traveling by plane).
Unfortunately, you can‟t add a second city – but it does pretty good short- and long-term
forecasts that kind of make up for that.
10. Travel Planner: WorldMate runs on Blackberry and Windows Mobile; you‟ll have to
search around for other platforms, because I don‟t know anything quite like it myself.
WorldMate stores itineraries, and sends you reminders for flights and other time-sensitive
events. It also does weather for several locations, so scratch #9 above if you can use
WorldMate. The neat thing about WorldMate is that you can forward reservation
confirmation emails to them and they‟ll automatically enter them in your itinerary – and
they do a pretty good job of pulling the relevant data, too!
There you go – 10 great mobile apps for travelers. Tell us what you use in the comments!
Note: For more click HERE
30